LAUNCH CENTER

Partial Failure

Wed Mar 13 2024

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

DRO-A/B

Launch Failure

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(12:51 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(12:39 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(12:59 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Long March 2C/YZ-1S

Description:

The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Technology
Two spacecraft by the Chinese Academy of Sciences designed to perform communication and navigation testing from a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) around the Moon with a 3rd satellite in Low Earth Orbit.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Pad

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)